You’re a Film Buff if you see a movie light and a coffee. You’re a Film Buff Who’s Particular if you see a studio light and a Starbucks coffee. However… You’re a True Filmie if you see two Blondes. Cheers & a good shoot to you, Deb ——————– Deborah (Deb) Patz is the author […]

“Your Money or Your Life!” – Game Show Host (Time Bandits, 1981) What a shocking and horrible game show to play for your money or your mortality! It’s so absurd don’t you wonder who would dream up such nonsense and what kind of people would watch that kind of nonsense and be entertained? Yet the […]

Ashburn and Mullins wrestle and compete to be the first one in the door of the tenement building before their interview with Tatiana. Basically the scene is an establishing shot of the building and of the two lead characters going in. Gosh, filming establishing shots with lead characters entering buildings can be soooo boring: plop […]

Fiction movies? Of course not. Movies can’t be real. But… When you think about it, treadmills aren’t real either. Treadmills simulate a walking experience for us in a climate controlled environment; they help to improve our physical fitness and overall sense of good health – that sense happening inside our heads, because a positive self-image […]

Black Friday always makes me think about black production t-shirts (which I love!), and new filmmakers need all kinds of stuff to make their movies, especially teens without paying jobs. So, in the spirit of empowering black-clad filmmakers to experiment with and make better movies, here’s a gift idea list for the new filmmakers around […]